Sustainability

Engineered board can offers numerous benefits over solid timber

Ad Feature Why more UK manufacturers are choosing FSC-Certified board

The fibre bottles are manufactured from sustainably sourced wood pulp, contain no hidden plastic and are recyclable

Ad Feature Pulpex opens first commercial fibre bottle manufacturing facility

Scottish ‘eco’ building bricks made from rubble used in rebuilt London theatre

Scottish biotech pioneer set to break ground on ‘peat-free’ production plant

How Duncan's Farms set out on its margin-winning growth journey

Ad Feature Inside the data centre boom powering the AI revolution

Climate Change

Exclusive Stalled wind projects risk leaving Scottish ports as 'stranded assets'

First Minister John Swinney could face more ScotWind developers relinquishing their contracts

Analysis SNP needs ScotWind reality check to restore investor confidence

Equinor, which owns and operates the pioneering Hywind scheme, is bidding to build new floating wind turbines off the Scottish coast as part of the Scottish Government's plans to increase the amount of wind energy generated offshore. Picture: Michal Wachucik

Exclusive £50bn floating wind industry in crisis talks as contracts cull awaited

Environment

Forestry and Land Scotland

Climate change making rainforest restoration ‘more complicated’

Wolves may not be the ecosystem engineers of popular imagination, but that doesn't mean we can't love them for who they are (Picture: Matt Cardy)

Wolves did not save Yellowstone. Why were we so eager to believe it? Rogelio Luque-Lora

Floating wind farms make use of the huge blades fitted to towers hundreds of feet in height.

Exclusive 'Window closing' for Scotland to lead world on floating offshore wind

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China Hongqiao won this award for the third consecutive year

Ad Feature China Hongqiao wins third Circular Economy Leadership Award

Louis and David Scott

‘We showed that Scottish food could be relaxed’ - 36 year of Howies

This lucky lot of sky watchers got eclipse glasses for the event

In pictures - Crowds and joy at Calton Hill solar eclipse watch party

Bruichladdich Greener Still

Bruichladdich launch Greener Still whisky - a last in the Still Series

The waterside view at Kenmore, Loch Tay.

Calls to block fish farm's plan to double waste dump into Loch Tay

Address: 352 Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2NF. The Times says: True, the location by the gates of Edinburgh Castle makes the Witchery catnip for tourists, but the 16th-century dining room provides eye-popping fireworks to equal the city’s famous Tattoo, from tapestries and oak panelling to flames flickering in tall brass candlesticks.

Exclusive The Witchery among leading restaurants to drop Scottish farmed salmon

Shui On Land was named among TIME's World’s Most Impactful Companies 2026

Ad Feature Shui On Land recognised by TIME 2026

The four Scottish chefs in the final for this year's Scotland Food & Drink and HIT Scotland Legacy Scholarship Award.

Chefs announced for ‘once in a lifetime’ scholarship award

Nicholas Muirhead

How Scottish Leather Group is advancing into new overseas markets

Ad Feature ST Telemedia Global Data Centres meet accelerating demand

Luciano Darderi eats avocado for its energising properties

Ad Feature Wimbledon keeps avocado on the menu for future championships

Six in 10 said they were concerned about plastic waste from bathroom products

London leads UK in plastic bathroom waste

Hendersons Glasgow

Edinburgh vegetarian institution reveals new look Glasgow restaurant

Lupin specialises in pharmaceutical products

Ad Feature Lupin named among world's most sustainable companies

Sagar Adani, Lord Adair Turner, Nigel Topping and Ian Blatchford attended the dialogue

Ad Feature Sagar Adani calls for faster electrification amid rising power demand

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Views sought for Armstrong Watson’s 2026 business survey

Grubby launches its first-ever ready meals, making cooking tasty dinners quick and easy (aff)

The plant-based food company on a mission

Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy announces partnership with RBGE

Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy launch new 'garden and chef' series

Financing decarbonisation

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Royal Highland Show

Ad Feature Make wah-hey while the sun shines on all things agricultural

The new Michelin Green Stars in Scotland this year included Timberyard, The Torridon and The Free Company

Michelin to scrap sustainable Green Star award

The new Scottish Cabinet, pictured at Bute House in Edinburgh

Swinney creates new Cabinet role to drive forward public sector reform

Dr Graham Cooley in the Byohm laboratory.

Ad Feature Byohm appoints Dr Graham Cooley as chairman

Plans in hand for three wind farms that will power 150,000 Scottish homes

Inside the Edinburgh house that's won Scotland's Home of the Year

Portree is one of the worst-affected places

Highlands move to curb Airbnb-style lets amid deepening housing crisis

London office opening

Ad Feature Meiyume opens new London beauty innovation hub in Mayfair

Ad Feature New approach to green waste is providing useful products for Scotland

Coleburn distillery in Speyside is a project that includes Organic Architects

The Scottish company behind some of the most eye-catching distilleries

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Scotland Food & Drink 100: whisky powers £7bn food and drink sector

Top UK coffee roaster competition added to Scots festival lineup

The best fish and chip shop in Scotland celebrates its 20th birthday

Up to 500 skilled jobs would be created by the factory (Picture: Ashley Cooper/Construction Photography/Avalon)

Major wind turbine factory set to create 500 Scots jobs

Inchdairnie in Fife now has B Corp status

‘Adventurous’ Scottish distillery awarded B Corp status

Vishal Chopra, Office Senior Partner for Scotland at KPMG UK (Picture: Mike Wilkinson)

Agility will be the key to sustaining growth in 2026

Scott Mitchell, Managing Director at Surgeon's Quarter, with examples of the venue's reusable souvenir cups

'Sustainable’ hospitality is not simple or cheap
The path to greener operations is a constant negotiation between ambition and practicality, writes Scott Mitchell

The best Scottish chippies according to National Fish and Chip Awards

Highland Spring makes woodland pledge after partnering with conservation charity

Patagonia kit is in a clearance sale at Cotswold Outdoor - and there are loads of lines left

Patagonia clothing slashed by up to 70% in huge clearance sale (aff)

Scotland -based brewer Brewdog could be broken up as sale process begins

Brewer Brewdog could be broken up as sale process begins

The fashion designer making treasures from Scottish Ballet's cast-offs

Business face ever more pressure, says Andrew Walker

Sustainability is vital to our food and drink future

There are calls for bin timetables to be issued.

SNP warned council services at risk without £16bn budget investment

Scotland's best piece of architecture of 2025 revealed

Sodium-ion has excellent cold-weather capabilities - but it's so much safer and more ethical than lithium, so this new unit deserves to do well

Bluetti Pioneer Na review: the first sodium-ion power station tested

From L-R: Will Russell Chef, Igor Faggion Front of House, Paula Rodgers Front of House and Yvonne Naylor Cafe Manager.

Highland charity launches café to help lift people out of poverty

Save over £60 on a SodaStream machine this spring.

Sodastream Terra drops to £53.99 in rare Black Friday deal

Detrash's dive watches are made of high-end materials that have been crafted from waste products

Eco-friendly dive watches in £40 Black Friday deal with free strap

Christmas gifts for men: Timeless watches from Detrash that he’ll treasure now and forever

Timeless watches from Detrash that he’ll treasure now and forever

Leading golf course architect Gil Hanse pictured during a visit to the North Berwick West Links

Historic Scottish golf club hires 'perfect partner' for course project